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My question is a brief one.

On my desktop is dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 LTS/Windows 7 - and an overhaul of this has been long overdue. But before this happens, in two days time, all data...

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For all it's worth: I'm a nomad, picking up what works best in Linux as well as in Windows.

Some five years ago, I wasn't even aware of any alternative for Windows. A decade or...

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My background is in Trad and Mainstream jazz. My main instrument is electric tenor guitar, but I'd like to give it an authentic tenor banjo sound.

I spent eternities searching...

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For some time, it has been impossible to drag Launcher icons to the position I prefer. If a new application is installed, it just can't be moved further up or down the line. And...

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For everyday and online tasks, a Toshiba laptop (AMD Athlon(tm) II P360 Dual-Core Processor x 2; 32 bit; of the original 4 Gb RAM 3.7 Gb left) is in use. Configuration is dual...

Thanks very much guys, for your assistance. That's a good beginning.

The main thing for which I'd need CLI is for repairing glitches, if and when they occur. So far, I have been heavily relying on...

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For some time now, I have been on Ubuntu DreamStudio 12.04 LTS. However, I'm still shying away from Terminal: I find it rather daunting, to be honest - a little intimidating even....

Some time ago, someone on Ubuntu since age 9 (in his mid-twenties now) told me that Microsoft, with the introduction of Windows 8, is deliberately making substituting 8 for OS (like Ubuntu) a whole...

Where do I go for recurring discussions? Just out of curiosity, to see if there's anything of interest.

Are they grouped under one single heading or spread over every subject available? It's just...

I have been on Ubuntu for a couple of years now. But I'm coming from analogue home recording and a decade of maddening misery with Windows XP in trying to set up my own home studio.

After the...

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A small but rather annoying VLC glitch.

VLC plays files as long as they are on internal or external drive - but no DVDs from CD-Rom. It just flashes for a moment - but nothing...

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in trying to establish a audio/video home studio, I went through some ten years of unspeakable Windows misery; on XP, still - where for every problem solved you'd get at at least...

Hi Andrew.45,

In addition to the previous post:
As to

sudo apt-get mplayer smplayer

Terminal keeps insisting I'm not the legal owner;

as to

Thanks andrew,46,

Although I'm most definitely the legal owner, Terminal doesn't accept my password, for some reason.

If you're online now, can this be rectified with Synaptic as well?

tnob

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I just noticed that DVDs or CDs won't play - neither in VLC. VLC just sort of hiccups (little flash at the left edge of the screen); Movie Player doesn't do anything at all.

I'm...

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A week or so ago I posted a query on this forum, the subject being how to capture iPlayer content legally in Ubuntu, But what I actually intended to ask: is there any way of legally...

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I'm certainly going to try out some your ideas! And to all the rest of you out there: any more on offer, perhaps...?

tnob

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A minor issue - but a rather irritating one.

I'm on Linux Ubuntu Dream Studio, using a Vodafone Contract mobile broadband dongle for internet connection. Although it can be a bit...

To all readers based in London,

Ubuntu is very much to my liking. And the Ubuntu forums are great - no doubt about it. But since I'm far from a PC expert, I often could do with a bit of hands-on...

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I wonder if there's any way of capturing iPlayer content legally, with Ubuntu - either whilst streaming or when available for an extended period? It would be really nice to capture...

Treppiede,

I'm not sure as to whether you're talking about a VHS tape, a DVD or a video file you'd need to convert to .wmv. A much less complicated way to do this might be with VLC media player.
...

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A quick question: how do I insert an image into a forum posting? Never done it before (until 2 minutes ago or so). Attempted to add a screenshot from my files, so as to illustrate a...

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I'd especially like to hear from those amongst you managing to establish connection between EasyCAP and VLC.

I'd like Easycap and VLC to help with digitalizing VHS tapes and...

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An intriguing video on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7uXQk2g_l8) leads me to this question. It applies to Windows, actually, and shows how to download films from IMDb...

Quote: Is the problem that the lines are ending in the wrong places, sometimes mid-word?

Example, like this blo
ck of text that I've d
one here?

Yes, Jay MC, that is exactly what the problem...